A spotlight and a method of controlling the spotlight with an external device. The spotlight having a first light source including a center spotlight, a second light source including area lights, a power supply, a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with the external device, and a processor. The processor is operable to receive a first input from the external device specifying a first amount of power to be provided to the first light source, and receive a second input from the external device specifying a second amount of power to be provided to the second light source. The processor is also operable to control the power supply to provide the first amount of power to the first light source in response to the first input, and control the power supply to provide the second amount of power to the second light source in response to the second input.
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2. The spotlight of claim 1, wherein the group of lights includes four lights arranged adjacent corners of the light-emitting portion.
3. The spotlight of claim 1, wherein the user input is a switch.
4. The spotlight of claim 1, further comprising a power supply supported by the housing and providing power to the first light source and the second light source.
5. The spotlight of claim 4, wherein the power supply is a Lithium-ion battery pack.
7. The spotlight of claim 1, wherein the center spotlight is configured to cast a narrow beam and the group of lights is configured to cast a broad coverage beam.
9. The spotlight of claim 8, further comprising one or more driving circuits configured to drive the first light source and the second light source, wherein the one or more driving circuits is configured to independently operate the first light source and the second light source based on the received mode selections.
10. The spotlight of claim 9, wherein when the first mode selection is received through the user input, the one or more driving circuits provides a first amount of power to the first light source and provides no power to the second light source.
11. The spotlight of claim 10, wherein when the second mode selection is received through the user input, the one or more driving circuits provides no power to the first light source and provides a second amount of power to the second light source.
12. The spotlight of claim 11, wherein when the third mode selection is received through the user input, the one or more driving circuits provides a third amount of power to the first light source and provides a fourth amount of power to the second light source.
13. The spotlight of claim 8, further comprising a power supply supported by the housing and providing power to the first light source and the second light source.
14. The spotlight of claim 13, wherein the power supply is a Lithium-ion battery pack.
15. The spotlight of claim 8, wherein the center spotlight is configured to cast a narrow beam and the group of lights is configured to cast a broad coverage beam.
18. The spotlight of claim 17, wherein the one or more driving circuits independently operate the first light source and the second light source based on the received mode selections.
20. The spotlight of claim 16, wherein the center spotlight is configured to cast a narrow beam and the group of lights is configured to cast a broad coverage beam.
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